Tuesday’s Sunol Glen Unified School District board meeting was extremely heated. So much so that the board actually shut down the meeting to the public because so many people were interrupting and screaming at each other.
And it wasn’t just the public – at one point, the district’s superintendent and the president of the board even got into an argument in front of the crowd.
Dozens of people from both sides packed the small meeting room hall on Tuesday.
While the resolution passed technically states that the district can only fly the U.S. and California flags on their campus, much of the debate has stemmed around the LGBTQ+ pride flag.
The topic has divided many in the community, which was evident at the meeting.
Sunol Glen Unified has flown the pride flag on its campus in the past.
Many of those opposed to this new rule says being able to fly flags like pride flags demonstrates that the district remains an open and inclusive place for all.
Several people also tell us they believe the resolution will have detrimental impacts on the district’s LGBTQ+ students and community.
“For many kids, the only safe and welcoming and affirming place they have is their school. And when we see school board members that don’t acknowledge that and actively push policies against that, it harms gay kids, it harms gay families,” said Austin Bruckner-Carrillo of Castro Valley Pride.
Others though, disagree.
They think the U.S. flag is inclusive of everyone and said they thought this entire process was being politicized.
Others say they think that without this resolution certain flags are favored over others.
“I don’t agree with the lifestyle. But, at the same time, I don’t agree having it in the schools and being pushed down everybody’s throat. No one’s doing their lifestyle down everyone’s throat,” said Manny Morales.
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The gay cancer is metastasizing all over our society. Now they say if you don’t fly the gay flag, kids will die. It’s always, “kids will die,” unless you give in to our demands. But those same people push abortion on demand. Liberals are idiots.
The same people who would want the gay flag flown over schools would object to the blue line flag flown over schools. It’s not about inclusion. It’s not about free speech. It’s about pushing gayness.
I detest the gay flag. Gay go back in the closet.
It’s common sense. It’s a public school, funded by a variety of taxpayers. Are Catholic children harmed because they don’t fly Vatican flags, which might harm Protestant children? Are disabled children harmed because they don’t fly a flag for the disabled? Are Black children harmed because they don’t fly a Black Panthers flag or Mexican children harmed because there’s no La Raza flag? Intelligent kids because they don’t fly a Mensa flag? It’s ridiculous. Hundreds of thousands of children, including myself, were educated in good California public schools years ago and the only flags at our schools were those of our nation and state. Those united us, as we shared that in common, in spite of any differences.
“We just want to have equal rights and be left alone,” the gays said. No, every single moment of every day they shove gayness down everyone’s throats. Down kids throats at school, in movies, in music, on TV, in books, on the internet. It’s nothing but gay, gay, gay, gay, gay, gay, gay all the time.
I’m fed up with it.
Judgment is coming. Repent!
How could any American child who lives in California be harmed or offended by being in a school that flies the American flag and California State flag?
The LGBTQ crowd, though small, is very loud and militant. Tolerance is a one way street with them: you tolerate me and my disordered lifestyle — we have no tolerance for you.
Democrats hate America, so they hate symbols of America, such as the American flag.
The voice from the bullhorn left wants only demonic principles to be heard. The voice for life must be silenced. We must fight for God’s truth, just as the early Christians did. We have been on the easy road for too long.
Let us be thankful for the Marian graces extended to the Sunol school district for having courage.
Deo gratias!
Graces come from God. They are not “Marian” graces. There are no “Marian” graces. Mary is full of grace, which is from God, not from herself.
Hair split much? If God didn’t use his holy people as instruments of His grace, he wouldn’t have needed whomever it was that first told you about the gospel. Each of us, as ‘stewards of Gods grace’ dispenses this grace through our unique God given abilities and resources. So, yes, there are Marian graaces and Pauline graces and Petrine graces….you get the point. (see 1 Pet 4:10-11 and Eph 3:1-2 just for starters)
It’s not hair-splitting. It’s avoiding error and heresy. No, there aren’t Marian graces nor Pauline graces nor Petrine graces. Not unless there are Jimmy Martin graces, which there aren’t either, thank God.
I second that Edmond – and
I’ll have a Monte Cristo sandwich with that!
There is nothing, unless you happen to be subject to an HOA (in which case it’s your own fault), that prevents you from flying your flag of choice over your own home or business.
The gays want to push gayness on the whole country, not just in their homes.
Please check your facts before headlining. Castro Valley is miles away from Sunol. The national headline was Sunol Glen Unified School District. I believe Castro Valley schools are not affected. I am a local. Apparently California Catholic Daily is not a California publication?
Sorry about that – Southern Calif parochialism. Headline changed.
the only thing worse than a gay flag
is a gay flag without the “L”
Without the “L” it’s a redundancy.
with or without,
it’s an inversion
Thinking those supporting the “LBGQRSTUVWXYZ” flag, would be really angry if there was a “straight” flag; lets just stick to the US and state flags in public schools.